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"I don&039;t understand what this means," Jewel said

It had been two days since the battle and Gray hadn&039;t found the strength to leave her So here he was, ensconced in the dragon palace, sitting atop the bed with Jehile she studied broken, faded tablets the dragons had found at the ruined Te the sly through the long hours

"Do you see these words?" She pointed to a line of jagged symbols

She looked so lovely Her hair tuht in her cheeks, and her lips were lush and swollen fro "I see theon"

He wasn&039;t surprised "You do have Darius&039;s eyes"

"But here it says I&039;, Gray sat up

"And here it says I am Centaur Here, a et the picture Shit, baby, you&039;re everything" How ht she possessed certain qualities of the different races?

"I don&039;t understand," she repeated

"You&039;re made up of every creature"

"That&039;s that&039;s i is ihter of Cronus Gray," she said, turning wide, shocked eyes to hiods Or he was until his son, Zeus, killed him and used his blood to asp "He&039;s dead My father is dead But how did I see hied me He held me in his arms"

"Perhaps it wasn&039;t your father who held you"

"Zeus," she said "It was Zeus My brother He toldour father How could I not have realized? It&039;s so clear now" She rested her head on his shoulder, and he felt the warm liquid of her tears slide down his ars, but not that Never that"

He hugged her to hi her cry He whispered things into her ear, sweet things, loving things, all the things he wanted her to know but would never have another chance to tell her

When her tears died, he squeezed his eyes tightly shut I have to leave His chest constricted Now everything was coreatest enemies were defeated, and she was safe It was tioodbye Hoould have loved to spend his life beside her,her Si because she suddenly pulled fro now"

How could he live without this wo to him, and he wasn&039;t complete without her But he forced hiht ahead "Take me with you"

"No"

"Stay here, then"

If only he could "I&039;ve got to leave I won&039;t let you be hunted by another agent I can&039;t" "Cohtly kissed her lips He felt ripped apart inside She possessed his heart To save her, however, he would do whatever was necessary Even leave her "I&039; to make sure no one else ever enters it"

And then, before she could say another word, hein and out of her slowly, savoring everything about her Her taste Her scent Her feel Branding her essence in his every cell Afterward, when she fell asleep, he quietly dressed His sto with nausea

Forcing his feet one in front of the other, he walked from the room Tears filled his eyes He hadn&039;t cried since his mom died, but he cried now And he wasn&039;t ashamed of his tears "Goodbye, Pru," he whispered, and it almost killed him to say it

He didn&039;t allow hi aiting for him and escorted him to the portal Gray stepped inside

Holy the portal he exited did not take him to the same location he&039;d entered from Gray found himself in Brazil OBI didn&039;t know about this portal, and he planned to keep it that way For days he worked furiously, blocking the portal entrance with rocks Afterward, he sneaked his way to Florida and radioed home base to be picked up When they reached hie sapphire he&039;d stolen froht, deadpan expression said it was Dunamis

They asked hiotten past the guards at the portal, and he lied about that, too Hooked to a lie detector, he lied his ass off And he passed He told the so about Jewel, nothing about the vast wealth, and nothing about his new vampire tendencies

They were so excited about Duna him the vacation he&039;d been due for the past year

His vacation sucked He never left his house And noeeks into it, he was standing in his base